Doris Faber
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Description
Doris Greenberg was born in New York City. She attended Goucher College for two years and received a B. A. from New York University in 1943. In 1951 she married Harold Faber, a writer and editor for the New York Times. In the 1940s she spent eight years as a reporter for the New York Times, then left journalism to write books. She writes for both adults and young readers, mostly historical non-fiction and biographies. She has also co-authored several books with her husband.
Books
Great lives, American journalism
A collection of twenty-five biographies of influential figures in the field of journalism beginning with John Peter Zenger and Benjamin Franklin and ending with Edward R. Murrow.
The Amish
Discusses the history, culture, daily lifestyle, and future of the Amish people.
Nature and the environment
Examines the life stories of twenty-six individuals from around the world who made notable contributions as naturalists, conservationists, or environmentalists.
The birth of a nation
Examines the important events and figures involved in the first few years of the new American nation, from the organization of the first federal government to the election of John Adams as the second president.
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's "Iron Lady"
A biography of Britain's controversial and conservative prime minister.
Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the world
A biography emphasizing the early years of Eleanor Roosevelt, who had enormous political influence and won love and respect as America's first lady.
The Life of Lorena Hickok
This is the story of a little-known figure in history, Lorena Alice Hickok, and her extraordinary friendship with the most famous woman of the 20th century, Eleanor Roosevelt. A child of the prairie states, Hick, as she was known to friends, was born into an emotionally and economically deprives family. It was through her own talent and determination that she rose to become one of he most eminent women journalists of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Hick first met Eleanor Roosevelt as a reporter. Their professional relationship turned into an intimate friendship when Mrs. Roosevelt became First Lady after the 1932 presidential election. Ms. Faber draws heavily upon a cache of letters between Hick and Eleanor -- 2,336 from E.R. to Hick; 1,024 from Hick to E.R. -- discovered in 1978, along with numerous interviews to write this fascinating biography.
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr
A biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., focusing on his involvement in the civil rights movement. Discusses the investigations of his assassination.
Bella Abzug
A biography of Congresswoman Bella Abzug who has crusaded for peace, civil liberties, and women's rights.
Harry Truman
A biography of the farm boy from Missouri who became a Senator, Vice-President, and finally President of the United States.
Oh, Lizzie!
A biography of a nineteenth-century pioneer in the women's rights movement.
Lucretia Mott, foe of slavery
A brief biography of the nineteenth-century Quaker woman who was an important participant in the cause of abolition and later in women's rights.
I will be heard
A biography of the controversial abolitionist who founded the antislavery newspaper, The Liberator, thirty years before the Civil War.
A colony leader: Anne Hutchinson
A biography of the woman banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disagreeing with the prevailing religious practices.
The mothers of American Presidents
Rebekah Baines Johnson; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Ida Stover Eisenhower; Martha Young Truman; Sara Delano Roosevelt; Jessie Woodrow Wilson; Louisa Torrey Taft; Martha Bulloch Roosevelt; Eliza Ballow Garfield; Nancy Hanks Lincoln; Abigail Smith Adams; Mary Ball Washington; and in brief: Hulda Minthorn Hoover; Victoria Moor Coolidge; Phoebe Harding; Nancy McKinley; Ann Cleveland; Elizabeth Harrison; Malvina Arthur; Sophia Hayes; Hannah Grant; Mary Johnson; Elizabeth Buchanan; Anna Pierce; Phoebe Fillmore; Sarah Taylor; Jane Polk; Mary Tyler; Elizabeth Harrison; Maria Hoes Van Alen Van Buren; Elizabeth Monroe; Nelly Madison; Jane Jefferson; and Susanna Adams.
Rose Greenhow, spy for the Confederacy
A biography of the southern woman who, as a leading figure in Washington society during the Civil War, was able to conduct a valuable spy ring for the Confederates and to harass Union leaders even after her arrest.